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Ostreinae

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Ostreinae Rafinesque
1977Ostreinae Adegoke p. 236
1980Ostreinae Vokes p. 65
1982Ostreinae Dockery p. 53
1983Ostreinae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 90
1984Ostreinae Squires p. 44
1987Ostreinae Moore pp. 24, 27
1987Ostreinae Squires p. 58
1988Ostreinae Freneix et al. p. 5
1990Ostreinae Beu et al. p. 396
1990Ostreinae Squires and Demetrion p. 388
1992Ostreinae Ward p. 76
1994Ostreinae Perrilliat p. 237
1998Ostreinae Casadio p. 451
2002Ostreinae Marquet
2004Ostreinae Stilwell et al. p. 21
2006Ostreinae Beu p. 212
2010Ostreinae Bouchet et al.
2011Ostreinae Carter et al. p. 8
2016Ostreinae Raith et al. p. 263

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyOstreinaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyOstreinaeRafinesque 1815

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Ostreinae Rafinesque 1815
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G. †Amphidonta Fischer de Waldheim 1829
G. †Avia Vialov 1936
G. †Conradostrea Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Conradostrea greeni Ward 1992
Conradostrea lawrencei Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Conradostrea osculum Pilsbry and Brown 1927
Conradostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840
Tr. Cryptostreini Harry 1985
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G. Cryptostrea Harry 1985
G. †Cubitostrea Sacco 1897
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Cubitostrea alvarezii d'Orbigny 1842
Cubitostrea ameghinoi Ihering 1907
Cubitostrea californiana Squires 2018
Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830
Cubitostrea dubertreti Roman 1940
Cubitostrea elegans Deshayes 1832
Cubitostrea flabellula Lamarck 1806
Cubitostrea gudexi Suter 1917
Cubitostrea lisbonensis Harris 1919
Cubitostrea mezquitalensis Squires and Demetrion 1990
Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832
Cubitostrea petropolitana Stenzel and J. T. 1957
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Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) petropolitana Stenzel and J. T. 1957
Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766
Cubitostrea primordialis Griffin et al. 2005
Cubitostrea rugifera Dall 1898
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832
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Invalid names: Ostrea thomasii Conrad 1867 [synonym]
G. Dendostrea Swainson 1835
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Dendostrea angermanni Hertlein and Jordan 1927
Dendostrea crenulifera Sowerby 1873
Dendostrea folium Linnaeus 1758 [foliate oyster]
Dendostrea frons Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Lopha) folioides Woodring 1925 [synonym]
Dendostrea sandvichensis Sowerby II 1871
Dendostrea vespertina Conrad 1855
G. †Fatina Vialov 1936
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Subg. †Fatina (Avia) Bobkova 1961
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Fatina (Avia) kugitangensis Вorneman 1934
G. †Ferganea Vyalov 1936
G. †Flemingostrea Vredenburg 1916
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Flemingostrea cretacea Morton 1834
Flemingostrea haydeni Cossmann and Pissarro 1927
G. †Odontogryphaea Ihering 1903
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G. Ostreola Monterosato 1884
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Ostreola venturana Loel and Corey 1932
Tr. Pustulostreini Harry 1985
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G. Pustulostrea Harry 1985
G. †Sokolowia Boehm 1933
Tr. Undulostreini Harry 1985
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G. Undulostrea Harry 1985
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Undulostrea megodon Hanley 1846
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Invalid names: Ostrea cerrosensis Gabb 1866 [synonym], Ostrea gallus Valenciennes 1846 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ostreini Rafinesque 1815 [empty], Tiostreinae Chanley and Dinamani 1980 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackishf
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:24:48
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:08:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Angulata to the top of the Holocene or 201.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 196.5 Ma

Collections (864 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.3 - 196.5France (Lorraine) Ostrea multicostata (53947)
Temaikan176.0 - 164.3New Zealand (Auckland) Ostreinae indet. (4878 233875)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Japan O. sp. (116164)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Japan O. sp. (116152)
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.0 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Ostrea frons (198091)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Dominican Republic Ostrea ameghinoi (65128)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Sweden (Halland) Ostrea digitata (38722)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) Flemingostrea prudentia (53488 53489 53492)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Ostrea cretacea (5164 5168 5170 5171 5172 5173 5174 5175 5176 5178 5180 5181 5182 5183 5184 5185 5186 5187 5188 5191)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Afghanistan Fatina kugitangensis, Fatina akkaptschigensis (186343)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Ostrea cretacea (5159 5161 5189 5190)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Georgia) Ostrea cretacea (80889)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Alabama) Ostrea cretacea (11215 93949 93950)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) Flemingostrea blackensis (7619) Flemingostrea blackensis, Flemingostrea pratti (7610) Flemingostrea blackensis, Flemingostrea subspatulata (7620) Flemingostrea sp. (7613 7621 7626) Flemingostrea subspatulata (7617 7623 7625 7627) Ostrea cretacea (123474 190550 190551 190552 190554)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Afghanistan Fatina kugitangensis, Fatina akkaptschigensis (186344)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Coahuila) Flemingostrea subspatula (55245) Ostreidae indet. (76745)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Flemingostrea pratti, Flemingostrea subspatulata (7468) Flemingostrea subspatulata (7467 7470)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Carolina) Flemingostrea sp. (79364)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Pakistan (Baluchistan) Odontogryphaea morgani (1384)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) Flemingostrea subspatula (1302)